Why Is It Important To Preserve The Children's Bureau?

The Children’s Bureau introduced a campaign that began on April 6, 1918 that is proclaimed as “Children’s Year”. This wartime campaign was made to remind the people that we must protect the children as our duty, a popular slogan that revolved around this was “Save 100,000 babies”. The bureau and its partners gained 11 million volunteers all across the nation to help decrease the number of infant deaths. To help reduce this risk, the campaign measured and weighed children to make sure they are healthy, educating parents on the basic health of a child, and encouraging more play. The United States Children’s Bureau (USCB) is an organization that improves child health, foster care opportunities, adoption, and child abuse prevention. According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS),
The USCB helps provide support to programs that focus on; helping families and preventing child abuse and neglect and making sure that children live in permanent families and family connections. Some things the organization does to help the cause though is providing guidance on federal law, policies, and regulations. Another thing is, funding services that help the state and tribal agencies observe the aspects of the children’s welfare systems. The bureau also shares research with child welfare professionals to improve their services. Improving child welfare is a cause that we can all contribute to. Simple things such as adopting a child, preventing abuse to a child, making sure a child is not neglected, and providing the necessary resources for a child are all little deeds that help the cause. As of today there are many small organizations/programs that play their part to improve child welfare. Our impact today is an impact on what is to be, since these children are the nation’s